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Florida Governor Orders Flags at Half-Staff to Mourn Shooting Victims

Florida Governor Rick Scott has ordered flags to be at half-staff after the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks to the media as he visits Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a shooting at the school killed 17 people on Feb. 14, 2018.

Flags will fly at half-staff Thursday as the state honors the lives lost in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

In a tweet Wednesday night, Gov. Rick Scott said he ordered the lowering of flags statewide to honor those lost in the "senseless tragedy."

Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old and former Douglas High School student who was expelled for disciplinary reasons last year, opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing at least 17 people.

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